settlement B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/ See IPA manual Freq #5917 Meanings 1 noun An official agreement that ends a dispute, often without going to court. The two companies reached a settlement before the case went to trial. 2 noun A place where people have come to live, such as a village or small community. The first settlement in the valley was founded over two hundred years ago. 3 noun The act of paying money that is owed. The bank required full settlement of the debt by the end of the month. 4 noun The process of people moving into and starting to live in a new area. The settlement of the region began after the railway was built. Thesaurus Word family Forms settlements Derived forms antisettlementdissettlementnonsettlementoutsettlementpostsettlementpresettlementresettlementsettlementationunsettlement Related forms municipalitysettler Common collocations frontier settlement Noun + noun Etymology From settle + -ment. Topics People & Society Places & Geography External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # settlement **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/ **Frequency rank:** 5917 ## Meanings 1. An official agreement that ends a dispute, often without going to court. 2. A place where people have come to live, such as a village or small community. 3. The act of paying money that is owed. 4. The process of people moving into and starting to live in a new area. ## Examples - The two companies reached a settlement before the case went to trial. - The first settlement in the valley was founded over two hundred years ago. - The bank required full settlement of the debt by the end of the month. - The settlement of the region began after the railway was built. ## Derived Forms - antisettlement - dissettlement - nonsettlement - outsettlement - postsettlement - presettlement - resettlement - settlementation - unsettlement ## Related Forms - municipality - settler ## Etymology From settle + -ment. ## Topics - People & Society - Places & Geography markdown